Vegetable juice is a healthy source of essential vitamins nutrients that your body needs on a daily basis. Vegetable juice is a drink made from the combination of different vegetables. Home-made vegetable juice is always a good substitute for juices bought from the market as home made juices are free from additives and preservatives. Fresh vegetable juice helps you in enjoying long term health benefits. If you take vegetable juices on a regular basis, you don’t need to take any vitamin and other food supplement medicines. So, without any further delay let’s check out the process for making this healthy vegetable juice with the help of these easy-to-follow instructions and tips.
Complexity Level: Basic
Time Required: 30 minutes
Resources Required:
- Vegetables (you would like to have in juice)
- Juicer or blender
- Salt
- Pepper
- Spices as per your choice
Instructions:
1. Choose the vegetables: Firstly, choose the vegetables that you want to have in your juice. It would be better to choose the vegetables which are rich in nutritional values. This would help you in making a healthy and wholesome juice.
2. Wash the vegetables: Wash all the vegetables with clean water. It would help you in removing any kind of dirt from the vegetables.
3. Cut the vegetables into smaller pieces: Next step is to cut the vegetables in pieces. Small pieces are easy to put in the juicer. It becomes easy to grind the vegetables in the juicer without any troubles.
4. Place the vegetables in juicer: Place all the vegetables pieces in the juicer or blender and turn it on. Set it on high speed so as to liquefy the vegetables properly. If the liquefied form of vegetables is too thick, you can add some water in it.
5. Add the salt and pepper: Once the juice is ready, you can add salt, pepper or any other spice of your choice to add some more taste in the juice.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Which vegetables are the best for vegetable juice?
It is better to use the vegetables which are grown organically or in natural way in order to stay away from pesticides and preservatives. The best vegetables for juice are leafy vegetables as they have rich nutritional value. If you don’t like their taste you can start with vegetables like fennel, cucumbers or celery. They are a great combination for flavor and digestion. When you are comfortable with this flavor of the juice, you can start adding more healthy vegetables like cabbage, spinach or lettuce. Carrots, celery, beets, cucumbers, spinach and tomatoes are good choices for vegetable juice. But you should be careful when you use carrots and beets in your juice. Carrots and beets both have high sugar levels and they can raise the insulin levels of your body. So, add carrots, beets and other vegetables which are rich in sugar content in limited amount that does not have any adverse effect on your health.
Quick Tips:
- Choose the vegetables which are rich in vitamins and minerals.
- If you don’t like the taste of vegetable juices you can try the mixture of fruits and vegetables.
- You should drink vegetable juice shortly after it is prepared. Otherwise, if you wait for longer time, the juice may lose some of its essential and important nutrients.
- If you want to store the juice for sometime, the best way to store the juice is to keep it into an airtight and thick container and fill it completely. This is done to stop air or light from going inside the container you are using for juice. Put that container in the refrigerator.
Things To Watch Out For:
- If you cook the juice, it will lose some of the nutrients.
- Many essential vitamins and minerals are found in the skin of vegetables. So, skin should not be removed from the vegetables when you make the juice.
